#EEDD55#EEDD55

#EEDD55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.705; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.154 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEDD55
RGB	rgb(238, 221, 85)
HSL	hsl(53, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(53, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 64.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.27, -9.72, 66.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.27, 67.18, 98.32°)
OKLab	oklab(88.69% -0.0324 0.1504)
OKLCH	oklch(88.69% 0.154 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(62.7586, 70.5485, 18.9040)
Luminance	0.7055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEDD55 #5566EE

analogous

#EE9055 #EEDD55 #B3EE55

triadic

#EEDD55 #55EEDD #DD55EE

tetradic

#EEDD55 #55EE90 #5566EE #EE55B3

square

#EEDD55 #55EE90 #5566EE #EE55B3

split-complementary

#EEDD55 #55B3EE #9055EE

monochromatic

#B6A412 #E8D21D #EEDD55 #F4E88D #F9F3C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#EEDD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.11

#EEDD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEDD55

15.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEDD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEDD55	1.00	1.39	15.11	15.11
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D644

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eedd55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 221, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.154 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7e78b',
    500: '#eedd55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eedd55;
$custom-light: #f7e78b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eedd55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88689,
    "c": 0.1539,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.70546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEDD55

secondary

#3140B6

accent

#1FDE07

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEDD55

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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